October, 2018

• 3 October

  Maltese president calls for new economic partnership with UAE

  

  Dubai / WAM Marie Louise Coleiro Preca, President of the Republic of Malta, called for the establishment of new economic partnerships between the UAE and Malta, and expressed the intention to attract more UAE investors to her country. The Maltese President’s remarks came during the UAE-Malta Business Seminar, which was organised by Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry in cooperation ...

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• 3 October

  Mohammed enacts DIFC Regulatory Amendment Law

  Dubai / WAM His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has enacted the DIFC Regulatory Amendment Law, No. 06 of 2018. The Law, which amends the Regulatory Law of 2004, will come into force on October 29 and, together with changes to DFSA Anti-Money Laundering Rules, will make ...

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• 3 October

  Dewa trains staff on quantum computing

  

  Dubai / WAM Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa), organised the first intensive quantum computing training programme, in cooperation with Microsoft. The programme is part of Dewa’s efforts to employ latest technologies and benefit from capabilities of modern technology. The one-week programme was held at Dewa’s Sustainable Building in Al Quoz. A number of quantum computing experts from Microsoft participated ...

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• 3 October

  Dubai forms strategy to attract 23 million visitors by 2022

  Dubai / WAM HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council, affirmed that Dubai, under the vision of the Vice President, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, will achieve its goal to be the most-visited city in the world, through ...

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• 3 October

  Civil Aviation holds workshop on blockchain

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The General Civil Aviation Authority conducted a workshop in blockchain to understand its importance and how it may manifest itself in the field of aviation. This workshop is designed to cohesively integrate relevant information on block-chain that speaks to this category of aviation business decision-makers, by highlighting the best use cases, value propositions, and innovation strategies ...

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• 3 October

  Dubai event to turn focus on investing in future transformations

  

  Dubai / WAM Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of Dubai Executive Council, Dubai FDI, the investment development agency of Dubai Economy (DED), announced that it is set to convene global investors in Dubai at the upcoming Dubai Investment Week 2018. The major event, which will ...

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• 3 October

  US threatens Russia it could ‘take out’ missiles in dispute

  

  Bloomberg The US warned that it could resort to strikes against a new class of Russian missile unless Moscow complies with its international commitments to arms reduction. NATO defense ministers on Wednesday were expected to discuss their concerns that Russia is building a medium-range ballistic missile in violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, US Ambassador Kay Bailey Hutchison said. ...

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• 3 October

  Malaysia to charge ex-first lady with money laundering

  Bloomberg Malaysian prosecutors will charge the wife of former Prime Minister Najib Razak with money laundering on Thursday, three weeks after he faced new allegations linked to troubled state fund 1MDB. Rosmah Mansor was taken into custody on Wednesday afternoon after a round of questioning by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, Deputy Chief Commissioner Azam Baki said by text message. He ...

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• 3 October

  May tells UK Conservatives end of austerity is in sight

  Bloomberg Prime Minister Theresa May promised austerity-weary Britons an end to years of public spending cuts, in a speech designed to paint a positive vision for the country outside the EU. “A decade after the financial crash, people need to know that the austerity it led to is over and that their hard work has paid off,” May told the ...

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• 3 October

  Pompeo to visit N Korea with eye on second Trump-Kim summit

  

  Bloomberg US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Pyongyang on Sunday to meet with Kim Jong Un and prepare for a second summit between the North Korean leader and President Donald Trump. The State Department’s announcement of Pompeo’s trip confirmed what he promised last week—a visit soon to “make the final preparations” for another summit. Pompeo, who would ...

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